Two small cities in one small land Flashcards
What was the landscape like in Ancient Greece like?
Little cities of busy Merchants, a country of barren mountain ranges and stoney fields, able to sustain only a handful of people.
What tribes did Greece belong too?
Greeks belonged to a number of tribes, the most important of them being the Dorians in the south and the Lonans Aeolians in the north.
How were the Greeks different from each other but also unified?
They believed in the same Religion and they loved sports.
Why did the Greeks play sports every four years?
For Zeus ( The god of all gods)
What did the Greeks call the _ every four years?
Olympics
Where did the name Olympics come from?
A city called Olympia
What does AD stand for when measuring time?
After Christ
What does BC stand for when measuring time?
Before Christ
What year was the first Olympics?
776 BC
What was the other sanctuary that the Greeks held sacred?
Delphi was a sacred place to the Greeks.
When did Spartans and the Dorian’s arrive in Greece?
1100 BC
What part of Greece did the Dorian live in?
The south
Where did the Ionians and the Aeolians live.
They both lived in the north
It was, in fact, a nobleman who had the wisdom to try to give the little state a new system of Government…?
His name was Solon.
What did the Spartans do when a Spartan baby appeared weak and not fit to be a warrior?
They were killed at birth
What were the punishments that Spartan warriors had to over come when growing up.
From a very young age he must train from dawn till dusk, learn to endure pain, hunger, and cold, must eat poorly and be denied all pleasure. Boys were beaten just to harden them to pain.
What is a metaphor for people that were raised harsh.
Spartan
What happened to the Spartans on he year 480 BC?
The Spartans allowed themselves to be massacred by the Persians.
Who was named after the laws that were made in 594 BC?
Solon
What did the people of Athens do when one person made laws too unfair and too harsh?
They had all the people vote for people they considered to be experts and made them all the counsel.
What was it that Athens people decided to call it when people vote fore their leaders.
Democracy.
What does it mean when Greeks speak of polis?
it means Politics
There was one politician that dodged his fate of being banished because he became too popular what was his name?
His name was Pericles
What happened to people that become too popular in politics.
He had to seize power for himself and rule as a tyrant.
What would happen to politicians if they decided to not accept becoming a tyrant.
The would be banished from the land.
